IMHO the biggest thing these days, is the fact that the screen is so small. Most people that are buying a BB want more screen... only people really interested are new people to BB.. but with the full web browser and email it does not take long to see how much you wish you had a larger screen.

IMHO the biggest thing these days, is the fact that the screen is so small. Most people that are buying a BB want more screen... only people really interested are new people to BB.. but with the full web browser and email it does not take long to see how much you wish you had a larger screen.

Yes, but the only problem with this argument is the screen is 2.4 inches, which according to VZW's website is the EXACT same size as the 9630 Tour's screen (only rotated 90 degrees) - holding my Flip up next to a Tour confirms this. Yet I don't hear people complaining about the size of the Tour's screen.

The only advantage some of the open-faced trackball berries have is a higher screen resolution, however on a screen this small, that is not as important as one would think. It would be NICE if the Flip had a 360x480 screen (like a Tour screen rotated 90 degrees) but for the most part, a lower res screen of this size is actually easier to read. Sort of like the way that below a certain screen size, the difference between 1080p and 720p is very hard to see.

I'm almost convinced that the branding as "Pearl" is what made it not as popular as one would think. They see the name and automatically assume it has ALL of the shortcomings of the original Pearl (tiny screen, sub-QVGA resolution, tiny keys)

To be honest, if you're in the market for a BB device, and a large high-res screen is important to you; the Storm is the only real option (until the S2 comes out)

Yes, but the only problem with this argument is the screen is 2.4 inches, which according to VZW's website is the EXACT same size as the 9630 Tour's screen (only rotated 90 degrees) - holding my Flip up next to a Tour confirms this. Yet I don't hear people complaining about the size of the Tour's screen.

The only advantage some of the open-faced trackball berries have is a higher screen resolution, however on a screen this small, that is not as important as one would think. It would be NICE if the Flip had a 360x480 screen (like a Tour screen rotated 90 degrees) but for the most part, a lower res screen of this size is actually easier to read. Sort of like the way that below a certain screen size, the difference between 1080p and 720p is very hard to see.

I'm almost convinced that the branding as "Pearl" is what made it not as popular as one would think. They see the name and automatically assume it has ALL of the shortcomings of the original Pearl (tiny screen, sub-QVGA resolution, tiny keys)

To be honest, if you're in the market for a BB device, and a large high-res screen is important to you; the Storm is the only real option (until the S2 comes out)

Yeah, me too *LOL* I wanted a Tour so damn bad before it came out. Luckily for me, the President of the college I work for got one and I was in charge of setting it up. By the time I was done, my opinion was that it was a nice device, but compared to the Storm the screen was too small; and to me it was hard to type on.

I will admit that the awesome screen on the Storm is the reason I use it as much as possible, and only activate the Flip when I feel the environment I will be in is likely to endanger my Storm.

Yeah, me too *LOL* I wanted a Tour so damn bad before it came out. Luckily for me, the President of the college I work for got one and I was in charge of setting it up. By the time I was done, my opinion was that it was a nice device, but compared to the Storm the screen was too small; and to me it was hard to type on.

I will admit that the awesome screen on the Storm is the reason I use it as much as possible, and only activate the Flip when I feel the environment I will be in is likely to endanger my Storm.

That is how I feel.. I have a work BB and I never bring it home.. they made me run with the tour for 30 days because...lol my boss says I guarantee you wont want to go back to the storm, I carry the storm as my personal line too... lol at 30days he walks in and says so you keeping it? I simply said where is my storm? The tour is a great phone but I love my storm

Hi New here but been techy for a while i have been fooling around with a flip for a while and i have this Pain with the bluetooth
as far as i can see the system is trying to locate file that are corrupt
eg: net.rim.bluetooth.hf- CLUP
net.rim.bluetooth.a2dp- CLUP
net.rim.bluetooth.avrcp- CLUP
net.rim.bluetooth.sap- CLUP
this is the dump of the system log any idea why these files logged ever few seconds?
for or is it a hardware promblem ?